ppp trouble with 5.3-stable

Hi,

a few days ago a did an upgrade from something pre 5.3-rc7 to the latest 
5.3-stable. Since then I have only trouble with ppp. My computer is connectet 
to the internet via pppoe (FreeNet in Germany). My provider closes the 
connection once every 24 ours, but ppp now fails to redial. 

/var/log/ppp.log says:

Nov 20 12:25:36 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: LCP: deflink: LayerDown
Nov 20 12:25:36 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: LCP: deflink: SendTerminateAck(22) state 
= Opened
Nov 20 12:25:36 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: LCP: deflink: State change Opened --> 
Stopping
Nov 20 12:25:36 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: CCP: deflink: State change Stopped --> 
Closed
Nov 20 12:25:36 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: CCP: deflink: State change Closed --> 
Initial
Nov 20 12:25:36 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: open -> lcp
Nov 20 12:25:36 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: IPCP: deflink: LayerDown: 85.73.146.248
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: IPCP: Using trigger address 0.0.0.0
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: IPCP: deflink: State change Opened --> 
Starting
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: IPCP: deflink: LayerFinish.
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: IPCP: Connect time: 86402 secs: 76176788 
octets in, 19528684 octets out
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: IPCP: 128374 packets in, 133857 packets 
out
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: IPCP:  total 1107 bytes/sec, peak 131717 
bytes/sec on Sat Nov 20 02:26:02 2004
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: IPCP: deflink: State change Starting --> 
Initial
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: Received NGM_PPPOE_CLOSE
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Device disconnected
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: LCP: deflink: State change Stopping --> 
Starting
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: LCP: deflink: LayerFinish
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: LCP: deflink: State change Starting --> 
Initial
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Disconnected!
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: lcp -> logout
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Disconnected!
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: logout -> hangup
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connect time: 86412 
secs: 75971965 octets in, 19848728 octets out
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: 131260 packets in, 
136754 packets out
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase:  total 1108 bytes/sec, peak 
131659 bytes/sec on Sat Nov 20 02:26:02 2004
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: hangup -> opening
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Enter pause (3) for 
redialing.
Nov 20 12:25:37 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Chat: deflink: Reconnect try 1 of 0
Nov 20 12:25:40 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Chat: deflink: Redial timer expired.
Nov 20 12:25:40 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connected!
Nov 20 12:25:40 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: opening -> dial
Nov 20 12:25:40 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: dial -> carrier
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Disconnected!
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: carrier -> hangup
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connect time: 1 secs: 0 
octets in, 0 octets out
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: 131260 packets in, 
136754 packets out
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase:  total 0 bytes/sec, peak 0 
bytes/sec on Sat Nov 20 12:25:40 2004
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: hangup -> opening
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Enter pause (0) for 
redialing.
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Chat: deflink: Redial timer expired.
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connected!
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: opening -> dial
Nov 20 12:25:41 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: dial -> carrier
Nov 20 12:25:43 kairo ppp[234]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Disconnected!
...

Even killing and restarting ppp only worked once. The other times I had to 
reboot.

The interactive interface of ppp is broken, too:

kairo:~# pppctl /var/run/tun0.socket
Password:
PPP ON kairo> show
Use ``show ?'' to get a list.
PPP ON kairo> show ?
(o) = Optional context, (c) = Context required
Connection closed
kairo:~#

Almost every command behaves that way.
-- 
Bye
Frank